How MMORPG's save money

[Schadenfroh]

Cost of WoW subscription:

$40 for game and $15 a month for subscription

things i have stopped doing since i have started MMOs

1. Stopped watching TV (easily save $50 a month or more)
2. Stopped going to party with friends (about $50 a week)
3. Stopped dating (never had that many expenses here)
4. Stopped buying other games (save $30 here and there)
Because Blizzard updates and adds new content every so often
5. Stopped eating as much because i no longer feel hunger like i used to (like $20 a day)
6. Stopped sleeping as much (save about 4 hours a day)
7. Stopped going to the movies every week (about $20 a week)

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

 

[Garet Jax]

Good for you......







You need to get some perspective on life or it will pass you by.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

unfortunately, it sounds like they also save a good bit of experiencing life.

 

[torpid]

I've noticed the same thing. However, if you ever stop playing the MMORPG (as I did with FFXI last year) then you usually end up going nuts rending/going to tons and tons of movies, buying games, etc.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

unfortunately, it sounds like they also save a good bit of experiencing life.

i would say it is better than watching TV, at least you are interacting with people.

 

[shimsham]

*cough*

 

[maziwanka]

saving on point (3) is the ultimate key to savings

 

[snoopdoug1]

Wow.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

unfortunately, it sounds like they also save a good bit of experiencing life.

i would say it is better than watching TV, at least you are interacting with people.

I would never equate TV with experiencing life. Unfortunately I think I am in the minority in this country.

 

[Modeps]

5. Stopped eating as much because i no longer feel hunger like i used to (like $20 a day)

dude, how much do you eat? :Q

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

unfortunately, it sounds like they also save a good bit of experiencing life.

i would say it is better than watching TV, at least you are interacting with people.

i wouldn't call watching tv experiencing life. i meant hanging out with friends. hanging out with family. reading a book. going for hikes. travelling. real stuff.

i also think interacting with people irl is completely different from interacting with people in an mmorpg.

 

[Blastomyces]

No need for a house when youre sitting in front of a computer all day $300,000
No kids college tuition since youve never had any $50,000
No need for that trip to XXXXXX $10,000
No need for Superbowl tickets (or whatever else) $2000

All for low price of only $15 a month!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Modeps

5. Stopped eating as much because i no longer feel hunger like i used to (like $20 a day)

dude, how much do you eat? :Q

before about 3 meals a day (1 big meal and 2 diet food bars) , now down to one (for example a 12oz steak or a big montana with fries or something)

 

[booger711]

if you die while playing WoW, no one will have to pay for funeral expenses since you obviously have no 'off-line' friends anymore and your family will think that you're still playing Wow

 

[Qwest]

did you disconnect your cable?

otherwise newsflash, although the tv is off, you're still paying for it!

 

[PricklyPete]

I knew a guy I went to school with who tried to justify it to me the same way. Now he doesn't have a girlfriend or a job anymore (or at least he lost one of his jobs because of it).

Good luck with life.

 

[revnja]

Take some fresh air, sunshine and repeat vigorously. Call me in the morning.

 

[geecee]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Cost of WoW subscription:

$40 for game and $15 a month for subscription

things i have stopped doing since i have started MMOs

1. Stopped watching TV (easily save $50 a month or more)
2. Stopped going to party with friends (about $50 a week)
3. Stopped dating (never had that many expenses here)
4. Stopped buying other games (save $30 here and there)
Because Blizzard updates and adds new content every so often
5. Stopped eating as much because i no longer feel hunger like i used to (like $20 a day)
6. Stopped sleeping as much (save about 4 hours a day)
7. Stopped going to the movies every week (about $20 a week)

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

This was sarcastic, right? Right?
*checks sarcasm meter*

 

[purbeast0]

$15/mo ... that is crazy dude!

how much is #8 worth? its not in your list

8. Stopped having a social life and am now a god damn hermit

 

[AdamSnow]

Too bad you've just listed all the qualities of a LOSER though... 🙂

 

[iversonyin]

he can make a mastercard comercial out of this

WoW: $40

Monthly fee: $15

Upgrading computer so that you can play the game : $200


Not having any social life other then online..... Priceless

 

[Gurck]

I like how you're all talking as though you have social lives :laugh: Anyway, yeah MMORPGs rock, though I didn't watch TV before discovering them anyway.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: iversonyin
he can make a mastercard comercial out of this

WoW: $40

Monthly fee: $15

Upgrading computer so that you can play the game : $200


Not having any social life other then online..... Priceless

hehe

 

[LeetViet]

You will get bored of WoW, like I did. 😛

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Cost of WoW subscription:

$40 for game and $15 a month for subscription

things i have stopped doing since i have started MMOs

1. Stopped watching TV (easily save $50 a month or more)
2. Stopped going to party with friends (about $50 a week)
3. Stopped dating (never had that many expenses here)
4. Stopped buying other games (save $30 here and there)
Because Blizzard updates and adds new content every so often
5. Stopped eating as much because i no longer feel hunger like i used to (like $20 a day)
6. Stopped sleeping as much (save about 4 hours a day)
7. Stopped going to the movies every week (about $20 a week)

given broadband would be had either way, i say MMOs save a good bit of money.

Yeah, but you went a little overboard with it.

I played Planetside for a while (an MMO...FPS), and found:

1. Stopped watching TV ($40 a month - cable ISP costs more without cable TV)
2. Reduced buying other games noticeably (probably $30 a month)
3. Reduced going to movies (probably $30 a month - one movie with the wife and myself)

So, $12.99 (Planetside's monthly fee) to save $100 a month. Not bad.

On the OTHER hand....I've quite Planetside a few months back and just play other 'free to play' games - "America's Army" and "Rome: Total War", for example.

STILL haven't resubbed TV (not anything but crap on, anyway), don't really buy any more games, and we don't catch many movies (ditto - nothing but crap on).

I spend more time reading, in fact.

So, saying MMORPG monthly fees are the cure to save all that much isn't really true. The cure to not spending all that much is just finding better things to do that don't cost so much!